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Puttin' on the ritz 

A slang way of saying "dressing fancy"
Popularized by Fred Astaire song

"If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits,

Puttin' on the ritz"

Tits to the Ritz

The female version of, " balls to the walls". The act of going all out, to the extreme. Often uttered before doing something crazy.
Me: "Hey Vanessa, your coming to to Jessica's bachelorette party next weekend right?"

Vanessa: " Hell yeah girl! I just picked up some furry handcuffs, nipple nibblers, mardigras beads and a 6 ft. inflatable penis to stick out of the sunroof of the limo!"

Me: "Damn Ness, you went Tits to the Ritz!"
Tits to the Ritz by cheer1 December 21, 2012

puttin on the ritz 

A old song remixed in the 80's. A pretty good song.
"Now, if you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits
Puttin' on the ritz."
puttin on the ritz by rapsux February 28, 2005

putting on the ritz 

to dress up fashionabley and to get buck, go crazy. Everything goes.
(on the phone)
Ashley: Hey girlll, cant wait to see you!!! In four days we will be putting on the ritz!
Jocelyn: Yeah, it's going to be bangin. Miss you.

puttin on the ritz 

When one (usually a male) dresses up to go out looking suave and devinare (not a shirt and sum slacks i mean---- shoes shined, pants pressed, shirt iron, clean socks jacket and a hat
Yo, i got this new girl, she so up class its a bitch cuz i gotta put on the ritz for her, but as long as i get her sweet ass.

It sits on the Ritz 

Used to describe anything bona fide or legit like as a seal of approval.

Originated from Andy Griffith (speaking on a Ritz Cracker TV commercial):
"Mmm-mmmmh. Anything sits good on a Ritz." Supposed to mean that Ritzes are so excellent -- ritzy, even.
IT SITZ ON THE RITZ refers to being good enough for a Ritz (figuratively).
Not limited to just food>
"I sure do like King Kelly orange marmalade. IT SITS ON THE RITZ."
"This Humboldt Purple I gotz here SITS ON THE RITZ. Here, load a bowl and see for yourself."
"Oh, that's just my cuz. He OK; he SHITS ON THE RITZ."